Amritsar, June 10: Congress alleged that the BJP was playing a communal card by "adding fuel to fire" to the tension in Talhan village and Jalandhar. "Precious human lives are being perished, and property worth crores is being plundered in the communal frenzy, but caste politics always takes the centre stage in the election policies of the BJP and Akalis", Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) general secretary Sukhdev Singh Shahbajpuri told reporters here.
Both BJP and Akalis were keen to destablize the Congress government in the state and for this they could swoop unimaginably low, he alleged.
Even as the BJP had been at the top for the communal frenzy in the state of Gujarat, Akalis also never lagged behind, he alleged
Criticizing the SGPC for setting up its five-member Committee to probe the Talhan riots, he alleged this has been done at the instance of BJP.

"SGPC is drawing its battle lines as to how to lit the communal patrol bomb to defame the ruling Congress Government in the Punjab," he added. Bureau Report